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4LEAFCLOVER
03-28-2006, 04:30 PM
Hello to everyone out there. I've got a question on how to fix this problem I found on my 450R today. First off let me tell you the story of how this happened. About 5-6 months ago my so called riding buddy wrecked my 450R. I'm not going to even get into all the details on how but he wrecked it. I took it to our local Honda dealership and asked them to do a thorough check on my quad to see what all was damaged in the wreck. They called themselves doing a check and told me the only thing that was wrong was a bent axle, so they fixed that. About 3 months after that was all over, my mechanic showed me where either my whole frame was bent or either my swingarm was bent during the wreck. I said to myself okay I could live with it being kinda crooked sitting from the rear view for now until I save up enough money to get it fixed. But today I was just looking at my quad, you know visually inspecting it when I found this big crack where the swingarm is connected to motor. Now I'm like oh SH*T, how do I fix this? Any ideas on how to fix this problem? I've enclosed three pics so you can see what I'm talking about.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/tavaresclover/100_0872.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/tavaresclover/100_0874.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/tavaresclover/100_0871.jpg
JW450R1
03-28-2006, 04:45 PM
i could probaly weild it.is the front swingarm piviot bolt frozen in place?.the only bad thing is the pivioting point from the swinger and back side of motor assembly.there is some stress in that place..
4LEAFCLOVER
03-28-2006, 04:55 PM
Originally posted by JW450R1
i could probaly weild it.is the front swingarm piviot bolt frozen in place?.the only bad thing is the pivioting point from the swinger and back side of motor assembly.there is some stress in that place..
I don't think the front swingarm pivot bolt is frozen in place. I was thinking it could be weld but I wasn't sure. I'm afraid to ride it any more now because I'm thinking it might crack the other side. Not only that, I might lose that little piece off that's cracked now. I'm thinking I might better get it welded first before I ride it and put more stress on that part of my quad.